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Show I JUDGE NOON MAKES SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING CON-CERNING JUVENILE JUVEN-ILE JIT Annual Report of Judge Noon as Sent to Governor Cutler-Suggests Cutler-Suggests that Arc Under the Jurisdiction of the Court be Changed to 16 Years. A. A. Noon, of thin cilv, Judge of the juvenile cniut for Utnji county, coun-ty, in his annua, report for llio )'cnr ending November 80, submitted to Governor John C. Cutler, Thursday, Thurs-day, mikes two excellont sugges-tions sugges-tions for much needed changes in trie Juvenile rourt Jaws of tho state. Ore cf IIipfp Is that thonge of children chil-dren over whom tho juvcnilo courts have jurisdiction bo reduced from 18 to 16. and tho other the neccs-rly neccs-rly of some law rnabl'nx the juvenile juven-ile courts to enforce the collection of fines. As it is, tho only rc!our?e the court has in onso of nn unpaid fine is to hold the delinquent under probation until tha fine is thus Krved. I Both the probation officer and the juvenile court of TJtnh county ere exceedingly busy in the year juat ended, according to the report. Six hundred nnd six cases cntno before be-fore Judge Noon, tho report says. Of these 578 were boys and 28 girls. Two hundred nnd five of tin cafes were for truancy, 108 petit tammy, and 82 for disturbing the peace, The rest were for incorrigibility, incor-rigibility, immorality, malicious mlichief and the like. Five boys end two girls were placed in homes, lid three offenders, boys, were ioBimltted to tho state Industrial Jwiool atOgdoo. Tho amount of fines assessed gUet offenders was 114.25; paid, $102.75. Stolen property nd money to the value of $1248.05 were recovered and returned to the owners. Judge Noon rend the Juvenile Uwe to many parents haled before Mm on the charge of contributory dellniMonoy and says it had a salu-try salu-try effect Several cases were settled set-tled outside the rourt as they were ot serious or aggravated," ' |